Metsamor Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve

Metsamor's ancient fortress-settlement is a unique cultural monument in the world. In the XI-IXth centuries B.C., in the early Iron Ages, Metsamor was a city founded on 100 hectares of land that consisted of a citadel surrounded by cyclopean walls, observatory and an inhabited area.
The fortress included palace buildings, a production complex and a temple complex with seven sacred sites.
Excavations revealed huge sepulchres that contained remains of tribal leaders, sacrificed horses, big and small horned animals, dogs, and even servants and slaves. Other items like glazed clay vessels, golden, silver and semiprecious jewelry boxes and other jewelry items were found here as well. Life continued in Metsamor until the XVIIth century.
Metsamor's excavations opened up layers that date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. In the Bronze period the city flourished; copper mining complex was found in the rocks.
One of the most valuable items are a frog weight made from agate that belonged to a Babylonian king (XVI century B.C.) and a sardonyx stamp with an Egyptian hieroglyph that belonged to another Babylonian ruler.
'Metsamor' historic-archeological museum was opened in 1968 and has more than 27000 discovered objects in its collection. Ground floor is taken by the items found in the fortress and the area of the sepulchre, and the first floor shows cultural objects made from gold, silver, amber, semiprecious stones that belonged to the period of Van Kingdom.

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